Combination brush and holder



1934- B. J. LEVIN COMBINATION BRUSH AN'D HOLDER Filed Jan. 51, 1955 a7 'aaa auma'ea INVENTOR- in; v a

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Patented Oct. 2, 1934 Application tI'hi's invention relates to polishing brushes andconstitutes an improvement over my prior patent for Combination polishing brush, No. 1370,05'7.

datedAugust 2nd;1932. In my said-prior pat- '5 exit, I have shown a hand brush adapted-'particu-= larly fOl' polishing shoes; and embodying a dauber, an initial-polishing brush and a finalpol-- ishing member,-all carried by a convenient and peculiarly 'formed handle designed tosofit the handas to permit the quick and easy 'r'nanipulation of the brush to perform-its various func arrangeda number 1 f polishing bristles ;to1

tion's: 3

The present vision of means on the handle for-removably"'se= i5 curing ,a container for polish thereto whereb'y all the materials needed in-the polishing operation:

are "arranged and carried in position on a single support and without danger of loss ormisplacement V p I The various objects' of from the drawing, in which; Y

Fig. 1 is a front elevation ofmyimproved brush, partly in section.

tainer mounted thereon, said container. taking.

,. .theform of a collapsible tube. Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial vertical section of the containershown' in Fig.-3.

"Figffi'isa similar view of a modifieid' former container wherein cooperating 1 rolled screw vvthreads are provided on the cover and on thecylindrical end portion 28 of a'suitable container container proper.

Fig. '7 is a top'plan view of a modified form of the means forremovably securing the container to the brush.

Fig. 8 isan elevationalview and partialsec H gage. thebottom 31 of the container, it being un'-- tion of the same on an enlarged's'cale, showing a beaded cylindrical container secured in place.

Fig. '9 is a top plan view of a modified form of the resilient holding means shown in Figs. '1 and 8.

Fig. 10 is a vertical section of a modified form of the container holding means illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 11 is a similar view of another modified .-form of the container holding means. 7

It will be understood that the means for re- "invention contemplates the promy invention'will be clear from the description which follows; and

' hung up in place on anail; screw,'hook or the Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, the dauber. end of the brush, however, being omitted-for 1933, Serial No. 654370 form an initial polishing'brush' designedto be used after polishha'sbeenapplied to a shoe'or other surface by the dauber 18. On the opposite face 'ofthe portion s is rranged the final pol-f ishin'g' memberf21, preferably of sheep skin or the'like; secured in place bysuitable means, such as the tacks 22 with the layer 23 of felt interposed between said member 21 and the portion-16."

In order thatthe brush may be conveniently like, a hole as 24 is made through the portion 16 and preferably near one end of the handle grip portion 25, and between the container holding means and the adjacent end of the brush handle. As has been hereinbefore indicated, means are provided for removably holding a suitable polish container to the brush in such a manner that the container may be removed from the brush, when it is desiredto apply polish by means of the dauber 18 to. thesurface to be polished. As shown particularly in Figs. 1 to iinclusive, said means takes the form of the wall 26 surroundingthe enlarged recess '27 extending downwardly from the upper surface 19 of the brush handle into saidlhandle' and between the bristles 20 and the hole 24; The wall 26, whichis preferablyof cylindricalishape forthe reception of the lower 29,. 'may nevertheless be made of anyprismatic rormg. l Said Wall 26 terminates at its lower end in'a preferably horizontal shoulderSO-adapted to enderstoodthat said wall is made of such size and is so designed as to frictionally engage the container wall'28, and thereby 'to maintain the-container normally in place against accidental detachment. The larger recess 2'7 communicates with a smaller recess 32 to provide the shoulder 30 therebetween, said smaller recess extending the remaining distance through the thickness of the brush portion 16. The wall 33 of the recess 32 is of suflicient diameter to frictionally engage loo the outer cylindrical wall of the collapsible polish container tube 34, (Fig. 4). H

In order to insure that the tube is properly held in place on the brush, as for example, when the brush is taken down from its hook or replaced on its hook, I prefer to provide in the felt pad 23 and in the leather backing of the member 21, an opening as 35 arranged coaxially of the recess 32, and of slightly less diameter than that of the tube 34, whereby the yieldable walls of the opening in the felt pad and sheep skin are slightly compressed when the tube is passed therethrough to act as a resilient securing member for the tube.

It will be understood that when polish is to be applied, the container, irrespective of its size, shape or form, maybe readily removed by an outward pull from its engagement with the walls which hold it in place. During :the polishing operation, the container may be held in one hand of the user, and the polish'contained therein applied to the brush 18. In the case where collapsible tubes 34 are used, the polish is, of course, squeezed on to the brush, but in the case where a comparatively rigid container is used, the cover as 3'? ofthe container is removed and the brush inserted into the container.

The container itself may take a number of different forms, some of which have been illustrated. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, the container 29 consists of an intermediate conical portion terminating at its lower end in a cylindrical portion 27, and provided with a friction cap 37. Said cap is provided with an annular curved portion 38 designed to slightly compress and to prop: erly grip the somewhat yieldable upper edge 39 of the container 29. The portion 38 terminates in an outwardly extending flange 40, spaced from the body 27 of the container, whereby the finger of the user may be inserted therebetween and the cover readily forced off the container top to expose its contents.

. As shown in Fig. 6, however, it will be seen that the upper edge 71 of the container is provided with a rolled screw thread, and that the cover 42 may be provided with a corresponding rolled thread 43 whereby the cap may be screwed on to and off the container.

As best illustratedin Figs. 1 .and .2, one end of the mass of brushorming bristles 20 adjacent the-handle gripis concavely curved as at, 44 to conform to the shape of and to engage part of the surface of the container. Owing to the yielding engagement of the surfaces of the brush with said container part, the bristles are compressed.

In that form of my invention shown in Fig. "I,

for the wall 26 may be substituted a metallic member .50, provided with spaced, resilient, containereengaging members 51 upstanding fromthe 54 and 55 to conform to theshape of the handle portion of the brush. The resilient members 51 are integraLwith and project from the plate portion 52, being provided with an inner yieldable bend 60 and a recess 58. As the container 59 is pressed past the inner portion of the bends 60,

the yieldable members 51 are forced outwardly so that the bead 61 of the container enters the recess 58, whereupon the members 51 being freed, move inwardly to grip the bead and thereby hold the container removably in position.

I have shown three members 51, arranged at substantially equally spaced intervals around the edge of the plate 51, but it will be understood that.any convenient number of such members, ,7

spaced as desired, may be used.

In Fig.9, I have illustrated a strip 65 arranged transversely of the handle portion 16 and provided with opposed yieldable gripping members have shown a separate member '10 provided withv a downwardly projecting threaded cylindrical portion 72 inserted into contact with the walls 26 of the container receiving recess. Said mem.- ber 70 is also adapted to receive the lower threaded end of a suitable container.

It will be seen that I have provided means on:

a brush whereby all the materials needed to perform the polishing operation are carried conveniently and accessibly and without the neces sity for the user hunting in different places to assemble the necessary implements. It will further be seen that 'I have provided a brush support designed to carryv conveniently, a variety of containers of differentshapes, andv rovided with simple and eflicient means for that pun-- pose, and that I have provided a handy and convenient brush well adapted to meet the severe re quirements of practical use.

While I have shown and described certai specific embodiments of myin-vention, it will beunderstood that I donot intend to limit myself thereto but desire to claim my invention as broadly as may be permitted by the state of the prior art and the scope of the appended claim.

In .a polishing outfit, an elongated supporting member, and a yieldable pad member on one face of said supportingmember, said members having ,alignedwopenings therein, the opening of the pad member being cf slightly smaller diameter than that of the supporting member, where by a container passed through ,and fitting the ing and is thereby vfrictionally maintained in place. 7 a

- BEN JAMES LEVIN. 

